Anyone who is a birder and lives in Tucson area has surely been to Sweetwater, right? Truthfully, it was years after I started birding before I got over there to check it out. Boy was I sure missing out on some fun birds. I love it there so much I went 3 times this week and it's about 1/2 hour drive from my house.Map to Sweetwater Wetlands

Another reason I went so many times...was to see if I could capture a photo of the Groove-billed Ani. No such luck. However, I did see my first Northern Harrier Hawk, a Lincoln's Sparrow, a Western Tanager female, some Northern Flickers (which I love) and two baby ducks wrestling like puppies.

Mallard and Shoveler's with some chicks.

A real eye catcher was a Grebe so full of energy. It was diving, fluffing, and carrying on. It makes sense that its other names include American dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, thick-billed grebe, and water witch!